Beach rats is now out on dvd'! '.strtoupper('f')rankie, an aimless teenager on the outer edges of brooklyn, is having a  terrible summer'. '.strtoupper('w')ith his father dying and his mother wanting him to find a girlfriend, frankie escapes the bleakness of his home life by causing trouble with his delinquent friends and flirting with older men online'. '.strtoupper('w')hen his chatting and webcamming intensify, he finally starts hooking up with guys at a nearby cruising beach while simultaneously entering into a cautious relationship with a young woman'. '.strtoupper('a')s frankie struggles to reconcile his competing desires, his decisions leave him hurtling toward irreparable consequences'. '.strtoupper('t')railer empire the back and forths of the character's decisions feel real in eliza hittman's refreshing portrait of brooklyn's southern shore neighborhoods, lyrically photographed the ny times broody tale of a young man struggling to come to terms with his own desires avoids cliche and provides a poignant and authentic character study the guardian no'. '.strtoupper('d')iscs   1 dvd cert 15 running time   1 hr 38